Formerly known as the Hiro Naval Air Station. The station was only commissioned in 1935 but the original Hiro Avation Corps was established around 1920-1921. Primary a coast defence unit where two squadrons were stationed. One with scouting seaplanes and one with torpedo bombing land based planes.
Source
National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Report of the Naval Attache Tokyo dated 6 August 1937 No. 219 dealing with the Expansion Program of the Naval Aviation Shore Establishment. M975-002.
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